Suppose our consumer's income increases from I to some larger amount we'll denote as I'. As before, this will cause her budget constraint to shift outward, as shown to the right.

    When we compute the values of the endpoints now, we have to remember that income has risen. The new endpoint on the horizontal axis is I' ÷ PX, and the new vertical endpoint is I' ÷ PY.

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